Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award

This award was presented for the last time in 2011

The 2011 Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award winner is:
Eric Fillion
University of Waterloo
Department of Chemistry

Eric Fillion received his BSc in biochemistry from the Université de Sherbrooke. After completing his MSc in medicinal chemistry at the Université de Montréal with Denis Gravel, FCIC, he pursued his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto under the direction of Mark Lautens, FCIC. From 1998–2000, he was an NSERC post-doctoral fellow in the laboratories of Larry E. Overman at the University of California, Irvine. In 2000, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo, where he is currently an associate professor of chemistry. Since starting his independent career, Fillion has received the Early Research Award from the Government of Ontario, the Astra Zeneca Award in Chemistry, the Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry, and the Research Corporation Research Innovation Award. The Fillion group has developed a number of transition metal- and Lewis acid-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond forming methods; including enantioselective conjugate alkylation, alkenylation, and alkynylation reactions, as well as intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation reactions. The synthesis of structurally diverse carbocycles and heterocycles using Lewis acid-catalyzed domino reactions of highly electrophilic alkylidenes was also reported by his laboratories. Most recently, his group has explored the stereoselective modification and functionalization of sp3-hybridized carbon centers by cleavage of unstrained carbon-carbon s bonds.

Terms of Reference

This award is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the fields of organic chemistry or biochemistry while working in Canada. The scientist shall not have reached the age of forty years by April 1 of the year in which the nomination becomes effective.

Deadline: July 2 of every year

Sponsor: Organic Chemistry Division

Award: A framed scroll

The recipient will be required to present an award lecture at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

Membership in the Institute is not a prerequisite for this award. All nominations will remain in force for three years. Nominators are responsible for keeping the record of the nominee up to date and complete. The award shall be presented annually unless the Committee considers that no suitable candidate has been nominated.

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